Garment hanger



R. M. FROST GARMENT HANGER March 211, 1950 Filed May 31, 1947 INVENTOR. ROBERT M FROST 5y HTTORNEY.

atenteol Mar. 21, 1950 tJ'lliZD STATES T F FECE My invention relates to a trouser hanger which is adapted to hold the trousers in their natural creased position and to protect the cuffs of th trousers.

It is an object of my invention to provide a trouser hanger in which the outside portions of the trouser cuffs are each engaged by a cut. hanger and said cufi hangers encompass the cuffs and protect them from contact with adjacent objects.

It is an additional obfect of my invention to provide a trouser hanger in which the outside portion of the trouser cuff of each leg is engaged by a cuff hanger and said hangers are suspended upon a pivotal axis so that the center of mass of said cuff hanger and said trousers suspended thereon is substantially under the said axis.

As a result of such construction when the hang ers hang freely on their support without trousers therein, the cufi supports hang close together and when the trousers are mounted thereon the weight of the trousers clamps the cuff supports together and thus hold the trousers in their natural creased position.

These and other objects of my invention will be clear from the following description of a preferred embodiment thereof taken together with the drawings, in which Fig. l is a perspective view of one form of my trouser hanger and one form of mounting;

Fig. 2 is a section taken along line 2-2 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a section taken along the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

The trouser hanger shown in the above drawings is formed of a sheet of metal or other sheet material having considerable structural rigidity. It is formed into a convex shape or into the form of a dihedral angle having legs 3 and t and an apex or point of convex curvature shown at 2. One end of the sheet is inwardly bent in a reverse fashion at to form hook I which is of length equal to the width of the base of l. The hook 'I is cut out in a notch 8 to permit of greater flexibility of the hook portion 'l and also to clear the stitch seam of the trouser cuffs. The complementary cuff hanger l is formed in a similar fashion with two legs 3 and 4' and a point of convex curvature 2, an inwardly bent hook portion 5' formed by the reverse bend at 6 and having a cut-out portion 8 similar to 8. It will be observed that the hooks 'l and l are oppositely directed to face each other.

Each of the cuff supports or hook members I and l is notched, the body portion of said hook 4 Claims. (Cl. 223--91) members being bent over in the form of a piano hinge 5 and mounted on .the hanger bar 5. It will be observed that there is a plane of symmetry through the hanger at AA and with the trousers removed as shown in Fig. l. The faces of i and l' are each concave to the plane A-A.'. There is thus a moment about said axis of 5 since the center of mass of each of the hanger bodies is to one side of the axis due to the curved nature of the face of 5. Consequently when the trousers are not upon the hanger the two come close together, as shown in Fig. 1, and therefore consume a minimum of space in the closet or cabinet.

The trousers are mounted upon the hanger as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The outside cuff portion H is slipped over the hook l to cause the leg 9 to be supported upon said hook. In like manner the outside portion M of the external cuff member of the trouser leg I0 is slipped over I. The inside cufi portions l2 and R3 are clamped between the legs. Since the center of mass of the trousers and the hanger is substantially coinoident with the axis of symmetry A, the weight of the trousers on the our? hangers I and l is close together to clamp the cuff portions and the trouser leg between the trouser hanger to hold the trouser hanging smoothly in its natural creased position.

It will also be observed that the faces of the hook portions l and I extend in width substantially equal to the width of the cuff and therefore the cuff is snugly held on the hook with the crease of the trouser cuff held snugly. The faces of l and l also cover the cufis and prevent them from rubbing against other objects and thus the cuffs are protected.

While I have described a particular embodiment of my invention for the purpose of illustration, it should be understood that various modifications and adaptations thereof may be made within the spirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A trouser hanger, comprising a pair of sheets of a width substantially equal to the width of the cuffs of the trousers to be hung thereon, a hinge mounting for said sheets at one end of each of said sheets, means for hanging said hinge mounting, the other end of each of said sheets being bent into a hook, said hooks being oppositely faced to face each other, each of said sheets being bent concave to a vertical plane passing through the axis of said hinge, the center of mass of each 3 of said sheets being positioned to one side of the axis of said hinge.

2. A trouser hanger, comprising a, pair of sheets of a width substantially equal to the width of the cuffs of the trousers to be hung thereon, a hinge mounting for said sheets at one end of each of said sheets, means for hanging said hinge mounting, the other end of each of said sheets being bent into a hook, said hooks being oppositely faced to face each other, the center of mass of each of said sheets being positioned to one side of the axis of Said hinge.

3. A trouser hanger, comprising a bar, a pair of hook members hingedly mounted on a hinge on said bar, a supporting means for said bar, said hook members being complementary to each other and each member having a body portion, one end of said body portion being attached to said hinge, the free end of said body portion being bent into a hook at a reverse bend intermediate the ends of said body portion, the hooks being directed inwardly from the body portion of each of said hook members, toward each other, the width and depth of said hooks being of material extent and proportion to fit inside the cuiT of the trouser to be hung thereon, the body portion of said hook 4 members between said reverse bend and said hinge being bent into an outwardly convex curve.

4. A trouser hanger, comprising a bar, a pair of hook members hingedly mounted on a hinge on said bar, a supportin means for said bar, said hook members being complementary to each other and each member having a body portion, one end of said body portion being attached to said hinge, the free end of said body portion being bent into a hook at a reverse bend intermediate the ends of said body portion, the hooks being directed inwardly from the body portion of each of said hook members, toward each other, the width and depth of said hooks being of material extent and proportion to fit inside the cuff of the trouser to be hung thereon.

ROBERT M. FROST.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,401,413 Colwell June 4, 1946 2,421,307 Albrecht May 27, 1947 

